For those who prefer code – Here is a tutorial on how to use Meta Box Views to create a reading progress bar. There is a video version near the top of the written version.

Justin Tadlock is very excited about the Block Bindings API, even in its current state. He released a detailed tutorial on how to use it to create a Book Review site. When I looked over the tutorial it seems painful. Perhaps his approach would make sense for someone creating an enterprise or high priced build for a client. However, from an end-user’s point of view, this looks like a non-starter. Am I wrong? Of course, it is published on the developer blog.

Kevin Powell noticed a couple of big sites are already using CSS layers. He muses on this and when you pull the trigger on a new CSS feature — how much support is enough? (note this is audio only as it is from his podcast).

Here is a tutorial from the Meta Box team on how to add custom fields to WooCommerce products and show them on the front-end using Bricks. There is a video version near the top of the article.

Here is an excellent and very insightful analysis of the WordPress market and where WordPress currently stands. If you are interested in the future of WordPress then you’ll want to take a look at this article.

The second part of Dave Foy’s look at Bricks addons is out. If you are wondering about the top Bricks addons then this video gives you an overview of the top features of each.

Congratulations to Johnathan Jernigan who is now officially making videos for the GenerateBlocks team. Here is one on using the awesome new Global Styles features.

There was recently a WP-CLI Hack Day and DeliciousBrains reports on new features and enhancements for the WordPress command line interface.

In a new development, Patchstack is now providing general reviews of plugins. Here is their listicle comparing WordPress form plugins. Two of the categories are interesting in that they aren’t always included in comparison reviews: code quality and security. However, it is not clear to me if the criteria were evenly applied across plugins?